U+17B9A "𗮚" Tangut Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+17B9A "𗮚" Tangut Ideograph-# is a specific glyph from the Tangut script, a historically used writing system of the Tangut Empire that flourished in northwestern China from the 11th to 13th centuries and featured heavily in its administrative and Buddhist texts. This ideograph's number sign at the end indicates it is a formally unidentified or placeholder representation within the Unicode block, as the exact semantic meaning and pronunciation of many such Tangut characters remain unknown due to the script's long period of obscurity before partial decipherment. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and study of this rare script, contributing to ongoing scholarly efforts to reconstruct the Tangut language and its cultural heritage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𗮚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𗮚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x97 0xAE 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81E 0xDF9A |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00017B9A |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81e\udf9a |
Unicode Properties